Richard Farnsworth
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 1, 1920 (106 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He is best known for his performances in Comes a Horseman (1978), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor; The Grey Fox (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama; Anne of Green Gables (1985); Misery (1990); and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Known For
| 2006 | Kevin Sullivan's ClassicSelf - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | The Straight StoryAlvin | |
| 1998 | Best Friends for LifeWill Harper | |
| 1994 | The GetawaySlim | |
| 1994 | LassieLen Collins | |
| 1993 | The Fire Next TimeFrank Morgan | |
| 1992 | The Boys of TwilightCody McPherson | |
| 1991 | Highway to HellSam | |
| 1990 | MiseryBuster | |
| 1990 | HavanaProfessor | |
| 1990 | The Two JakesEarl Rawley | |
| 1989 | Snake TreatyHelmer | |
| 1989 | Desperado: The Outlaw WarsSheriff Campbell | |
| 1988 | Good Old BoyPercy | |
| 1987 | CBS Summer PlayhouseCarl | |
| 1986 | Anne auf Green Gables | |
| 1985 | Into the NightJack Caper | |
| 1985 | Anne of Green GablesMatthew Cuthbert | |
| 1985 | SylvesterJohn Foster | |
| 1985 | Space RageColonel | |
| 1985 | ChaseJudge Grand Pettitt | |
| 1985 | Wild HorsesChuck Reese | |
| 1985 | Anne of Green GablesMatthew Cuthbert | |
| 1984 | The NaturalRed Blow | |
| 1984 | RhinestoneNoah Ferris | |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | |
| 1983 | Ghost DancingRuss Ward | |
| 1983 | Independence DayEvan | |
| 1983 | Travis McGeeVan Harder | |
| 1982 | The Grey FoxBill Miner | |
| 1982 | Waltz Across TexasFrank Walker | |
| 1981 | The Legend of the Lone RangerWild Bill Hickok | |
| 1981 | RuckusSheriff Jethro Pough | |
| 1981 | A Few Days at Weasel CreekJason Stayvey | |
| 1981 | Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee TrailRidge Fenton | |
| 1980 | Tom HornJohn Coble | |
| 1980 | ResurrectionEsco | |
| 1978 | Comes a HorsemanDodger | |
| 1977 | Another Man, Another ChanceStagecoach Driver | |
| 1977 | SuperstuntSelf | |
| 1977 | RootsTrumbull | |
| 1976 | The Duchess and the Dirtwater FoxStagecoach driver | |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling GangMover | |
| 1975 | Strange New WorldElder | |
| 1974 | Blazing SaddlesSheriff (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Honky TonkDriver | |
| 1974 | Little House on the PrairieWall (as Dick Farnsworth) | |
| 1973 | The Soul of Nigger CharleyWalker | |
| 1973 | PapillonManhunter (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | Ulzana's RaidTrooper | |
| 1972 | Pocket MoneyMan (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanOutlaw | |
| 1972 | The CowboysHenry Williams | |
| 1971 | Skin GameMan in Saloon fight (uncredited) | |
| 1970 | Monte WalshCowboy | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad GuysWorkman (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | Sam WhiskeyPete the Guard (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | The Stalking MoonMan (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1967 | The High ChaparralLloyd | |
| 1966 | Texas Across the RiverMedicine Man | |
| 1966 | Duel at DiabloWagon Driver #1 (uncredited) | |
| 1965 | The Big ValleyBolin | |
| 1965 | The Big ValleyBusinessman | |
| 1960 | SpartacusSalt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The RebelTrooper | |
| 1959 | BonanzaTate | |
| 1959 | BonanzaTroy | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or AliveRance | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or AliveHal | |
| 1957 | The Tin StarPosse Member (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | The Hard ManPosse Man (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | MaverickStage Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | MaverickClint (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | The Ten CommandmentsChariot Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTrooper | |
| 1956 | State Trooper | |
| 1955 | The Violent MenAnchor Rider (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | A Lawless StreetTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyFarmer | |
| 1953 | ArenaCowboy | |
| 1953 | The Wild OneMan (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit CarsonHenchman Farnsworth (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | The Flame and the ArrowOutlaw (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe YoungCowboy (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Red RiverDunston Rider (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1943 | This Is the ArmySoldier (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Gunga Din(uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Gone with the WindSoldier (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco PoloMongol Warrior (uncredited) |
| 1975 | The Master GunfighterStunts | |
| 1974 | The Front PageStunts | |
| 1973 | High Plains DrifterStunts | |
| 1973 | PapillonStunts | |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanStunts | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad GuysStunts | |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidStunts | |
| 1968 | Assignment to KillStunts | |
| 1968 | The Stalking MoonStunts | |
| 1967 | The War WagonStunts | |
| 1966 | Duel at DiabloStunts | |
| 1965 | Major DundeeStunts | |
| 1965 | Cat BallouStunts | |
| 1965 | The War LordStunts | |
| 1962 | How the West Was WonStunts | |
| 1957 | The Tin StarStunts | |
| 1955 | The Indian FighterStunts | |
| 1954 | The Caine MutinyStunts | |
| 1952 | The Lusty MenStunts | |
| 1952 | Horizons WestStunts | |
| 1950 | The Flame and the ArrowStunts | |
| 1948 | Fort ApacheStunts | |
| 1948 | Red RiverStunt Double | |
| 1948 | Silver RiverStunts | |
| 1947 | Stallion RoadStunts | |
| 1947 | CaliforniaStunts | |
| 1946 | Duel in the SunStunts | |
| 1943 | The OutlawStunts | |
| 1940 | The Grapes of WrathStunts |